Ice-cream dipper.



No. 841,097. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. T. MoG. AIKEN & J. E. HARMON.

, ICE CREAM DIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.3.1906.

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THOMAS McG. AIKEN AND JAMES E. HARMON, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYL- NIA'.

ICE-CREAM DIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 3,1906. Serial No- 837,182.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

we do declare the followin to be a full, clear,

- and exact desc'riptibn of t e invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to -make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Our invention relates to a new, novel, and useful improvement in ice-cream dippers and molds that can be operated with one hand, and has for its primary object the construction of a device for the urpose set forth that will be simple and quick to operate, inexpensive of manufacture, and likewise be free from any unsanitary features.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, we have shown several detail views of our invention, Figure v1 being the complete disher in pers ective. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of t e bowl and handle portion. Fig. 3 is an end view of the spring handle (istion in its normal position. Fi 4 is a distended view of the end portion the handle, showing relative position of the slotted openings formed therein; and Fig. 5 is,a detached view of the scrapingknives and shaft attached thereto.

Throughout the different views of the drawin s the numeral 1 designates the bowl or mol portion of the device, which is preferablymade, as shown, in a semicircular form;

or it maybe constructed of different shapes to suit the needs of the trade.

Formed integral with the bowl 1 is a hollow handle portion 2, having two branch or colla sible spring members 3 3, constructed for a out two-thirds of the entire length of said handle. At the outer ends of these two spring members are the reduced portions 4 4, which are bent inwardly at right angles with the spring members and so arranged that they will overlap and freely pass each other when the spr' portion of said handle 1s being compress e d or relaxed. Formed adjacent the extreme outer ends of these two re-' duced portions 4 4 are the half-ellipticalshaped slotted openings 5 5, the arc of the circle of said slots being reversed with relation to each other, as seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and midway in each of these slots, on the opposite side from the circle above referred to, are formed the small slots 6 6, the

scri ed farther on. Also formed in the lower right-hand and upper left-hand corners,,respectively, of the two bent portions '4 4 are t e oblong slots or guideways 7 7, positioned and adapted to receive the-hooked lugs 8 8, formed on the extreme ends of said bent-por tions, which serve to limit the movement of the contracting andexpanding ends of'said spring-actuated handle.

Operatively seated in the bowl portion 1.

are a plurality of scraping or cutting knives 9 9, made to conform to the contour of said bowl, and rigidly connected to these knives is a shaft or stem 10, which passes through the hollow portion of the handle 2 and between the s ring members 3 3, extending the full lengtli of said handle. At the extreme free end of said shaft is formed the pins or fork 12, the same being adapted to enter and seat in the slots 6 6 and operate in the elli tical slotted openings 5 5, as will be more ful y set forth.

Formed at the outer junction of the scrap ing-knives 9 9 is a lug 13, which register in a corresponding opening formed in the'bowl' and serves as a pivotal point for revolving said knives.

Assuming that all the parts have been constructed and positioned asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the operator simply gras s the handle portion around the spring mem ers 3 3 and after filling the bowl from the receptacle containing the cream, in order to release the contents therefromonto the plate or glass provided for that purpose, simply squeezes on said spring members, thus contracting the same. This movement causes the bent members 4 4 to slide one on the other, and in doin so the pins 12 12, seated in the slots 6 6, W1 1 be drawn along the arc of the circle formed in the openings 5 5, thus rotating the shaft and causing each of the knives 9 9 to describe a uarter-circle scraping movement in the bow 1 and b so doing dislodge the cream therefrom. his operation above described is done with one hand and so rapidly that no time is lost in removing the cream from the bowl. By simply releasing the pressure on the spring handle portion the pur ose of which will be more fully de' members 3 3 will expand to their normal position, and in so doing the pins 12 12 will be drawn back to their normal seats, thereby reversing the shaft and returning the knives v9 9 to the opposite side of the bowl.

It will be observed that our device can be constructed in twopieces and for cleaning and other purposes the knives can be removed from the bowl by simply springin the pivotal lug 13 clear of the opening former in said bowl, lifting said knives from their seat, after which the shaft- 10 can be readily drawn through the hollow handle.

Having thus fully described our invention, what wejclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. In combination, a bowl, a hollow handle carried thereby and communicating with the interior thereof, said handle terminating in resilient sections, scraping means arranged within the bowl," a shaft engaging the scraping means and passing through the hollow handle and contacting with the resilient sections thereof 2. In a device of the character'described, a bowl, a hollow handle therefor communicating with the interior thereof, said hollow handle terminating in resilientsections having.

bow and: a shaft fort e scra ing means passing through the hollow hamle and ins on the shaft engaging the perforations o the resilient sections. 1

3.- In a device of the character described, a suitable bowl; a hollow handle portion connected to said bowl; parallel spring com ression members formed integral with the andle 'ortion, the ends thereof bein bent inwar ly at 'ri ht angles with the b0 y portion and adapte to overlap and freely pass each other scraping means seated in the bowl; a shaft connected with said means and passin through the handle portion the full length thereof, on the outer end being a fork; slotted o enings formed in said bent (portions adapted to receive the fork forme on the end .of the shaft; means for revolving said shaft; and scraping means during the process of compressing'or relaxing the spring members, and

means for limiting the movement of the ppr'fig members; as, and for, the purpose set ort turned portions.

perforations, scrapin means within the 4. In a device of the character described, a bowl, a hollow handle therefor communicating with the interior of the bowl, scraping means within the bowl, a shaft for the scraping means assing through the hollow handle, said ho low handle terminating in resilient sections,-inturned overlapping portions on the resilient sections, said intu'rned portions having perforations, and pins on the shaft extending within the perforations of the inturned portion.

5. In a device of the character described, a bowl, a hollow handle therefor communicating with the interior thereof scraping means within the bowl, a shaftfor the scraping means passing through the hollow handle, said hollow handle terminating in resilient sections, inturned overlapping portions on the resilient sections, said inturned ortions having perforations, pins on the s aft extending within the perforations of the inturned portion, and guiding means for the in- 6. In a device of the character described, a suitable bowl; a handle secured to said bowl scraping means seated in the bowl; a shaft secured to said scraping means and passing throu h the handle; spring members formed in sai handle the ends thereof being bent inwardly and adapted to lap over and freely pass each other; slots formedin said bent portions adapted to receive the end of the shaft and to rotate said shaft while the spring members are being compressed or relaxed.

7. In combination, a bowl, a hollow handle carried thereby and communicating with .the interior thereof, said handle terminating in resilient sections, scraping means within the bowl, a shaft en aging thejscraping means and passing throug the hollow handle and contacting with the resilient sections thereof, and means whereby the movement of the resilient sections rotates the shaft.

- In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MoG. AIKEN. JAMES" E. HARMON. 

